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A W A R Call 934-6200 D ● W jmillers.com I ● Gulf Breeze N ● Pensacola N ● I Destin N G 50¢ YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER December 25, 2008 Police may have solved burglary Kessler’s outbreak BY SCOTT PAGE Gulf Breeze News [email protected] legacy The Grinch that slithered through Gulf Breeze the past two weeks might be spending the rest of the holidays behind bars. Authorities with the continues Montgomery (Ala.) Police Department have apprehended three suspects believed to be connected to the recent series of 20-25 car burglaries reported in Gulf Breeze. to grow Officials from the MPD were working Monday with GBPD to determine the sus- pects’ involvement in the New prep basketball tournament crimes. No details, including the names of the suspects, were available at press time. established to honor late surgeon, former “We don’t know any names or details at this time,” GBPD college All-American and NBA standout investigator Kevin Jenks said Monday. “All we know at this time is that they were caught in BY JOE CULPEPPER year. After that season, he realized that ‘Hey, Montgomery.” Gulf Breeze News maybe I can play Division I ball.’ When he [email protected] made that decision, we decided to recruit him, and he signed,” Durham continued. “But there n the winter of early 1984, Alec Kessler was a lot of room for improvement.” WEEKEND was a high school junior and an admit- The decision to sign Kessler was one of the Weather tedly average basketball player in best Durham ever made. I Roswell, Ga. His athletic talents were Five years later, Alec Kessler led Georgia THURSDAY 12/25 unspectacular, and he lived somewhat in the to its only Southeastern Conference basketball shadow of his older brother, Chad, who championship. The once-gangly boy had Mostly Sunny played for coach Hugh Durham’s Bulldogs at O grown to 6 feet, 11 inches and 230 pounds. high 64 the University of Georgia. Kessler became the Bulldogs’ all-time leading O low 48 “Through Chad, I had gotten close to the scorer, graduated magna cum laude in micro- Kessler family,” Durham said recently. “I biology and was the 12th overall selection in FRIDAY wasn’t going to recruit Alec just because he 12/26 See KESSLER, Page 4A6 Showers was Chad’s brother. Alec wasn’t sure he had Related inside O Submitted photos Division I potential entering his senior season. high 66 Years before becoming a skilled orthopedic surgeon at the He wasn’t strong; he was 6-foot-7 and maybe ■ Tournament schedule, 7A O low 51 Andrews Institute, Alec Kessler (left) led the Georgia Bulldogs weighed 185 pounds. ■ Jason Thompson: Kessler tourney a to the 1990 Southeastern Conference basketball title. “Alec wound up having a pretty good senior basketball junkie’s dream, 2B SATURDAY 12/27 Few Showers high 66O Constituents pepper A brilliant full DEP: Chief must O moon rose over low 52 Full moon St. Ann Catholic make reparation delegation with ideas over Church on ■ SUNDAY St. Ann’s Dec. 12, similar, Agency finds unauthorized 12/28 ■ Mostly Sunny Local legislators Internet sales taxes and personal perhaps, to the dredging in neighbors’ dispute integrity were just some of the Christmas star O hear recommendations, high 65 concerns voiced to Santa Rosa BY VICI PAPAJOHN pleas prior to sessions that shone over low 53O County’s legislative delegation Bethlehem two Gulf Breeze News during a public hearing millenniums ago. [email protected] BY JOE CULPEPPER Thursday, Dec. 18 at Gulf See Page 6A The Department of Environmental Gulf Breeze News for this photo [email protected] Breeze City Hall. Protection (DEP) investigation into a sea- “Mailing Statement Reps. Clay Ford of Gulf and a special wall and pier built on the property owned Education funding, protec- Breeze, Greg Evers of Baker message from by Gulf Breeze Chief of Police Peter on Editorial Page” tions for children, seniors and and Dave Murzin of Pensacola Gulf Breeze Paulding continues, and DEP officials TWO SECTIONS special-needs citizens, econom- sat alongside Sens. Durell News. anticipate that Paulding will have to restore VOL. 7, NO. 52 ic development, uncollected Joe Culpepper/GBN See HEARING, Page 3A6 See PAULDING, Page 2A6 DECEMBER 25, 2008 Gulf Breeze residents help place Christmas wreaths at NAS ■ Bette Harriman I lay them down one by one, wreaths laid at the graves of so urges friends, others to thinking what a good thing I many fallen soldiers. home! have just done. The poem also could describe get involved next year As each wreath is carefully the scene at Barrancas National laid, a million words are Cemetery aboard NAS your BY SCOTT PAGE thought and prayed. Pensacola on Saturday, Dec. 13 Gulf Breeze News ■ as hundreds gathered to honor [email protected] These are the words of a our veterans’ sacrifices. An endless sea of balsam young girl after her visit to the What began in 1992 with a rounds, Wreaths Across America trailer load of wreaths, decorat- Of red bows barely sweeping Wreath-Laying Ceremony at ed by volunteers and laid at the the grounds. Arlington National Cemetery graves in Arlington National Call 932-8986 today Call 932-8986 today In the snow-covered path of near Washington, D.C. Cemetery has now become a Submitted photo gently laid graves. Her poem, titled ‘Arlington,’ nationwide mission to honor the Enjoy your community paper community your Enjoy Christmas wreaths adorn grave sites at Barrancas National Lies the heart and soul of so poetically describes the power- sacrifice of our fallen soldiers mailed directly to mailed directly Cemetery at Pensacola Naval Air Station. many braves. ful visual of thousands of See WREATHS, Page 2A6 GULF BREEZE NEWS (850) 932-8986 www.gulfbreezenews.com 2A December 25, 2008 GULF BREEZE NEWS Local man OBITUARIES struck by MARY BROXSON 1929-2008 Thursday, Dec. 25 Monday, Jan. 5 Mary Broxson, born June 15, vehicle on Christmas All city, county, Santa Rosa County 1929 on her father’s tow boat “The Viking” on the Mississippi River at state and federal agencies Commission Chico, Ark., passed away Friday, closed for holiday Committee 9 a.m., Highway 98 Dec. 19, 2008. County Administrative She and her father, mother and Friday, Dec. 26 Center, 6495 Caroline Gulf Breeze News brother came to the area in 1941. City of Gulf Breeze Board Street, Milton A Gulf Breeze man was hos- Her mother was instrumental in of Adjustments 6:30 p.m., establishing the mail route, and her Gulf Breeze City Hall, 1070 Tuesday, Jan. 6 pitalized in critical condition at father helped create the original a Pensacola hospital after being First Methodist Church at Midway. Shoreline Drive, Gulf Breeze Santa Rosa County struck by a vehicle last She was preceded in death by Local Mitigation Thursday as he crossed U.S. three sisters, Gladys, Josephine Thursday, Jan. 1 Strategy Meeting 1:30 Highway 98 at Bayshore Drive. and Margie; her father and mother, p.m., 6051 Old Bagdad Submitted photo New Year’s Day All city, Highway, Milton According to a Florida 1325 Soundview Trail was declared unsafe and remains Gladys and Joseph Ritchie; and her husband of 52 years, Adron county, state and federal agen- Santa Rosa County Highway Patrol report, Kenneth without safe railings and complete siding, above. Broxson. She and her husband cies closed for holiday Marine Advisory G. Hodges, 56, a Bayshore operated a sanitation service in the Committee 5 p.m., Drive resident, was attempting Gulf Breeze/Midway area besides County Administrative Center, to cross U.S. 98 from the north Soundview Trail home owning several shrimp boats. 6495 Caroline Street, Milton to south at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. After the loss of her husband and the loss of her business to 18. A west-bound motorist, 19- cited for dereliction Hurricane Ivan, Broxson moved to year-old Kelsey Campbell of Milton, where she resided until Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Report death. Information provided by the Santa Gulf Breeze, began braking and BY VICI PAPAJOHN repairs,” explained Broxson is survived by her broth- Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. moving toward the left shoulder Gulf Breeze News Carmichael. “We received a of the highway when she saw response Dec. 18 which er, Joseph Ritchie, and his friend, [email protected] Gretta Lucas; a beloved niece, Julie, Felonies Drive, Navarre, violation of proba- Hodges enter the highway. includes an up to date and her husband, William Harp, and tion. The report stated Hodges The City of Gulf Breeze repair schedule. He will take their two precious children, Kolby 12/15/2008 stopped in the center of the high- definitive action after the Cheyenne and William Blake. Sears, Carl Jerry, W/M, 20, 4700 Stuart, Zachary Wells, W/M, 21, Code Enforcement 7600 block of Chablis Circle, way then darted into the west- new year, and we will con- Funeral services were Monday, block of Kitty Hawk Circle, Gulf Department recently cited a Breeze, fraud. Navarre, violation of probation. bound inside lane in front of Dec. 22, at Lewis Funeral Home vacant home on Soundview tinue to monitor the repairs.” Chapel in Navarre. Burial followed 12/17/2008 Campbell’s 1999 Ford Mustang. Trail with a “Notice of According to Carmichael, at Beal Memorial Park Cemetery in Scott, Sara Megan, W/F, 25, 9200 Campbell slammed on her brakes Unsafe Structure.” the city could proceed with Fort Walton Beach. block of Sunset Drive, Navarre, fail- DUIs Lewis Funeral Home was entrust- ure to appear. (These I sent on and skidded into Hodges. The According to Gulf Breeze the nuisance and tear down Friday) ed with arrangements.

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